Containers



M. C. SCHNEE Jan. 23, 1962 CONTAINERS Filed June 10, 1959 Fig-4 INVENTORMilton C, S chne e ATTORNEY nite States Patent iidiii@ Patented rian.23, i962 3,018,030 CNTAINERS Filed .inne iti, 1959, Ser. No. 819,362 3Claims. (Cl. 229-39) This invention relates to containers )and moreparticularly to a container for receptacles and to the combination of acontainer and a receptacle.

An object of this invention is to provide a new and improved containerfor receptacles such as carboys or the like.

Another object is to provide `a container for carboys which is providedwith a ap having finger holes to facilitate the pouring of liquids fromthe carboy by providing easily engageable means for tilting the carboy.

`Still another object is to provide a container for carboys wherein theflap provided with the finger holes is held in closed position by thecap of the oarboy when the cap is positioned on the carboy to close thedispensing aperture thereof.

A further object is to provide a container for carboys or the like,formed or" corrugated paper or the like, whose upper end is formed ofaps inturned from the upper ends of the sides of the container andwherein at least some of the inwardly turned aps are provided with`arcuate recesses for receiving the neck of the carboy.

Still another object is to provide a container for carboys or the like,formed of corrugated paper or the like, Whose end is formed of apsinturned from the upper ends of the side of the container and wherein atleast some of the inwardly turned iaps are provided with arcuaterecesses for receiving the neck of the carboy and one ilap has an inneredge adjacent the neck of the carboy whereby the i aps may be held inclosed position by the cap or" the carboy which is adapted to contactthe upper surfaces of the two upper aps to prevent their dispiacement.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a container forcarboys or the like having its upper end closed by inwardly turned apsextending from the side of the container, at least one of the upperilaps having a recess for receiving the neck of the carboy and beingadapted to frictionally engage the neck of the carboy whereby three ofthe flaps are held in closed position even when the cap is removed fromthe neck of the carboy.

A further object is to provide a container for car-boys or the like,formed of corrugated paper or the like, whose upper end is formed offlaps inturned from the upper ends of the sides of the container andwherein at least some of the inwardly turned flaps are provided witharcuate recesses for receiving the neck of the carboy and one iiap isprovided with a pair of finger holes whereby the container and thecarboy may be easily tilted to dispense liquids therefrom when the capis removed from the threaded neck of the carboy and the flap with theiinger holes is ilexed away from the neck of the carboy.

Another object is to provide a container for carboys having inturnedupper llaps secured to one another and engaging the carboy to preventits displacement from the container.

A still further object is to provide a carboy and a container enclosingthe carboy wherein the container is provided with flap means forfacilitating dispensing of fluid from the carboy.

Additional objects and advantages of the invention will be readilyapparent from the reading of the following description ot a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention, and reference to theaccompanying drawings thereof, wherein:

FIGURE l is la perspective View of the container and the carboy showingthe closure cap of the carboy in closing position on the neck of thecarboy;

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the container illustrated in FIGURE lshowing an upper pair of iaps in partly open positions;

FIGURE 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3 3 of FIGURE 4;

FIGURE 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4 4 of FIGURE 3; and

FIGURE 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 5 5 of FIGURE 3.

Referring now to the drawing, the container it), there illustrated, isfor a receptacle or carboy 11 having substantially at sides i2, I3, I4and 1S, ta bottom Wall i6 integral with the lower ends of the sides andan upper wall i6 integral with the upper ends of the sides and providedwith a cylindrical neck 17. The neck 17 is externally threaded at i8whereby a cap 20` may be threaded thereon. The cap Zti of course has adisk top wall 2i and a dependent `annular internally threaded flange 2which provides a downwardly facing annular shoulder 24 disposedexternally of the neck I7.

The container it? is formed of a single piece or blank folded to providevertical side walls 23, 27, 2S and 29 which are adapted to abut thesides I2, i3, i4 and 15, respectively, of the carboy. The adjacent sideedge portions of the sides 26 and 29 of the container yare secured by astrip of adhesive tape 30. The bottom of the container is formed by theflaps 32 and 33 folded inwardly from the sides 14 and 26 which overliethe ilaps 34 and 35 folded inwardly from the side walls 27 and 2,9 andwhich extend beneath the flaps 32. `and 33. The flaps 31% and 35 aresecured to the flaps 32 and 33 by any suitable means, as by adhesive orby staples, whereby these bottom flaps of the side walls of thecontainer are held against movement relative to the side walls and thuswill support the bottom wall iti of the carboy.

The upper ends of the side walls 26 and 23 of the container are providedwith inolded upper ilaps 4d and di which extend past the mid line of theside walls 27 and Z9 so that adjacent free end portions thereof overlap.The upper flaps tti and di of the side walls 26 and 23 of the containerare provided with arcuate recesses 44 and dii in which the neck i7 ofthe carboy is adapted to be received. The arcuate portions of the upperliaps 4l@ and ill frictionally engage the neck when they are folded intothe closed positions illustrated in FIGURES l, 3 and 4 so that they tendto remain. in such position when the carboy is disposed in thecontainer. If desired, of course, the overlapping end portions of theaps itl and 4l may be secured to one another by any suitable means, suchas an adhesive or staples.

The side wall 27 has an upper flap 47 which overlies the aps dit and land is provided with an arcuate recess t8 in which an adjacent arcuateportion of the neck I7 is receivable. The arcuate edges of the ap i7dening the slot t8 are also adapted to frictionally engage the neck i7of the carboy whereby the ap 47 also tends to remain in its closed orfolded position illustrated in FIGURES i, 3 and 4 due to the frictionalengagement. If desired, the flap 47 may be secured to the flaps 40 and4l by an adhesive or by staples.

The external threads of the neck may also protrude outwardly of thearcuate recesses of the flaps ell and 47 to thus prevent their upwarddisplacement from their closed positions, the ilaps being suicientlyflexible to permit flexing thereof to permit their passage past th-eexternal threads of the carboy during their movement from their openpositions downwardly to their closed positions. If the threads 18 of the.neck I7 of the carboy extend outwardly of the neck a suiicientdistance, the frictional engagement between the arcuate aplauso i edgesdetining the recesses 44', 25 and 48 is not needed and may be dispensedwith. y

The upper iiap Sti of the side wall 29 is of such length that when it isfolded to the closed position illustrated in FGURES l, 3 and 4, itsinner edge is adjacent but not engaging the neck i7 so that the ap Sliis free to bend or move upwardly therefrom since it is not in trictionalengagement with the neck and will not enpage the external threads 18 ofthe carboy upon such upward movement. The flap t) is provided with apair of finger holes 51 in which lingers may be inserted when the iiapSti is bent outwardly to the broken line position indicated in FIGURES 3and 4. The iinger hole tiap 50, when it is in the closed positionillustrated in FIGURES l, 3 and 4 extends beneath the downwardly 'facingshoulder 24 of the cap whereby the cap retains the iiap 50 in the closedposition when the carboy cap is screwed on the threaded neck of thecarboy. The annular downwardly facing shoulder 24 of course also extendsabove and engages the ap 47 to also secure it in the closed position sothat the carboy is retained in the carton against displacement therefromin any manner when the cap 2l) is in position on the neck.

When it is desired to dispense iluid, such as acids or the like, fromthe carboy, the cap Ztl is unscrewed from the neck 17 and the iingerhole flap is pivoted upwardly and outwardly whereby 4the person who ishandling the carboy may insert his ingers into the nger holes 51 of thefinger hole flap 50 and tilt it toward the position indicated by thebroken lines in FIGURE 3 in order to dispense the liquid through theneck 17 of the carboy. the flap 47 of course is in frictional engagementwith the neck 17 or with the external threads of the neck so that itdoes not tend to move outwardly even when the cap 2) is unscrewed fromthe neck 47. Similarly, the iiaps 40 and 41 also tend to remain in theclosed positions. Of course, if iiaps 40, 4l and 47 are se cured to oneanother, the carboy is -held in the container even if the neck does notfrictionally engage the aps at their recesses. As a result, thecontainer and carboy may be tilted with ease to dispense the iiuidtherefrom with no danger of the fluid coming into contact with the handsof the operator since the flap now extends substantially perpendicularlyoutwardly from the wall 29 of the container so that the ytlngers areremote from the neck of the carboy. When the desired quantity of fluidhas been dispensed from the carboy it is again moved to an uprightposition, the iinger hole flap 5@ is folded back to the closed positionadjacent the neck 17 of the carboy and the cap 2t) is unscrewed on theneck to again hold the flap Sti in the closed position illustrated inFIGURES l, 3 and 4.

It will now be seen that a new and improved container for a carboy hasbeen illustrated and described which permits easy tilting of the carboywithout any danger that the iiuid may come in contact with the iingersor hands of the person dispensing the fluid.

It will further be seen that the container includes a bottom formed offlaps extending inwardly from the four rectangularly disposed side wallsthereof and that the upper end is formed of similar iiaps extending fromthe upper ends of the side walls.

lIt will further be seen that at least some of the upper flaps areprovided with arcuate recesses whereby the flaps may extend at leastpartially about the neck 17 yor" a carboy disposed in the container tobe held, either by friction or by engagement with exteriorly extendingthreads of the neck, against movement from their closed positionswherein they extend substantially perpendicularly inwardly from the sidewalls.

It will further be seen that one of the upper aps which extends inwardlyfrom a side Wall is of such length that it does not engage the neck ofthe carboy but extends adjacent thereto when in closed position and thatit is retained in the closed position wherein it extends substantiallyperpendicularly to the side Walls of the container by its engagementwith the downwardly facing shoulder of the cap threaded on the neck ofthe carboy.

lt will further be seen that the ilap which does not engage the neck ofthe carboy is provided with linger hoies whereby the carboy and thecontainer may easily be tiited by an operator who inserts his fingersinto the ringer holes when the finger hole iap 5d is bent outwardly fromits wall after the cap Z-r has been removed from the neck of the carboy.j

lt will further be seen that the container and carboy form an easilytransportable unit and that the container 29 `forms a rigid protectivemember for the carboy which may be made of a iiexible plastic. Thecontainer may also be used withk glass car-boys in which event thecontainer itl protects the glass from blows or shocks which might tendto break it.

lt will further be seen that the inward-ly turned lower bottom flaps ofthe container are secured to one another to form a bottom which preventsdownward displacement of the carboy relative to the container.

The foregoing description of the invention is explanatory only, andchanges in the details of the construction illustrated may be made bythose skilled in the art, within the scope of the appended claims,without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimedr and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A container including: a bottom and side walls extending upwardlyfrom the bottom and joined along their lateral edges, said side wallshaving upper aps at their upper ends spaced from the bottom andseparately foldable inwardly in a substantially common plane parallel tothe bottom to extend inwardly `and substantially perT pendicularly fromthe side walls, two opposed flaps of said iiaps being of lengths tooverlap the inner end portions of each other when extending inwardly,each of said two opposed tlaps having a recess in its inner edge of adepth greater than the lengths of the overlapped end portions wherebysaid recesses are disposed to receive the neck of a receptacle depositedin the carbon, one of the other of said flaps extending inwardly fromthe side wall a distance not greater than half the distance to theopposite side wall of the container and having an arcuate recess in itsinner edge for receiving and engaging the neck of a receptacle adaptedto be received in the carton, another of said flaps being of a dimensionless than half the distance to the opposite side wall and having tingerhole means formed therein, said inner edge of the another of said iiapsbeing disposed adjacent the neck of a receptable adapted to be receivedin the carton when extending inwardly from the side wall and beingpivotal outwardly of its side wall.

2. A container including: a bottom and side walls ex tending upwardlyfrom the bottomand joined along their vertical adjacent edges, said sidewalls having upper iiaps spaced from the bottom and oldable inwardly ina substantially common plane substantially parallel to the bottom toextend inwardly from and substantially perpendicularly to the sidewalls; one pair of opposed iiaps being of dimensions to extend inwardlytoward each other more than half the distance between the side wallsfrom which said opposed iiaps extend, whereby said opposed aps have endportions which overlap each other, said opposed iiaps each having anarcuate recess in its inner end, and the depth of the recess beinggreater than the length of the overlapped end portion, said recesses insaid opposed iiaps being positioned in such a manner that when the apsare infolded and overlapping, the recesses d-etine a circular aperturein the upper end of the oontainer; a second pair of opposed flaps eachbeing of a dimension not greater than one-half the distance from thewall to which said flap is attached to the opposite wall,

whereby said second pair of opposed liaps do not overlap when infolded,one of said second pair of opposed flaps having an arcuate recess in itsinner edge disposed in such a position that when the flap is infoldedthe recess thereof overlies and s coextensive with a portion of thecircular aperture formed by the recesses of the overlapping aps, theother ap of said second pair of opposed flaps being of a dimension lessthan one-half the distance from the wall to which it is attached to theopposite wall, whereby said other flap does not contact the said oneflap of said second pair of flaps and the inner edge of said other ap isdisposed substantially tangentially of the aperture formed by therecesses of the overlapping aps.

3. A container including: a bottom and side walls e'X- tending upwardlyfrom the bottom and joined along their vertical adjacent edges, saidside walls having up-per aps spaced from the bottom and foldableinwardly in a substantially common plane substantially parallel to thebot tom to extend inwardly from and substantially perpendicularly to theside walls; one pair of opposed aps being of dimensions to extendinwardly toward each other more than half the distance between the sidewalls from which said opposed flaps extend, whereby said opposed apshave end portions which overlap each other, said opposed iaps eachhaving an arcuate recess in its inner end, and the depth of the recessbeing greater than the length of the overlapped end portion, saidrecesses in said opposed aps being positioned in such a manner that whenthe flaps are infolded and overlapping, the recesses dene a circularaperture in the upper end of the container; a lsecond parir of opposedflaps each being of a dimension not greater than one-half the distancefrom the wall to which said ilap is attached to the opposite wall,whereby said second pair of opposed aps do not overlap when infolded,one of said second pair of opposed flaps having an arcuate recess in itsinner edge disposed in such a position that when the flap is infoldedthe recess thereof `overlies and is coextensive with a portion of thecircular `aperture formed by the recesses of the overlapping aps, theother flap of said second pair of opposed aps being of a dimension lessthan one-half the distance from the wall to which it is attached to theopposite wall, whereby said other Hap does not contact the said one Hapof said second pair of aps and the inner edge of said other ap isdisposed substantially tangent-ially of the aperture formed by therecesses of the overlapping flaps, said other flap being provided with alringer hole.

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